Glenn Maxwell hopes a poor crowd for Australia’s Twenty20 win against Sri Lanka was more to do with Covid-19 and not with the public’s loss of appetite for international cricket
Australia. But the sight of the MCG’s Great Southern Stand being completely shut as the home side made it four wins from four was not a great look.
“We’ve had a pandemic going on for two full years now and people are still probably a bit wary of going out. With the end hopefully so close to being in sight, hopefully people can get the confidence to come out and enjoy a good show out there.”. Sri Lankan fans made up about three quarters of those watching, with the Ponsford Stand at the city end of the ground looking more like the middle of Colombo.
Maxwell brought up the winning runs with 11 balls to spare, with Australia now eyeing a clean-sweep in Sunday’s series finale. Inglis was in sight of his maiden international half-century, but was out for 40 after edging to Dinesh Chandimal behind the stumps. “He’s a sponge for information, takes everything on board from the conditions and tries to adapt to it,” Maxwell said of Inglis. “In Australia, it’s probably a little bit easier to play spin but his footwork patterns are really crisp, uses his feet well, sweeps both sides so makes it a handful to set a field against. He’s able to access different parts of the ground to put pressure on opposition, which is a massive key to facing spin in any part of the world.
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